Anaysis : One country, one language[fr] 

"Every citizen should have a good command of two foreign languages together with their mother tongue," claims the action plan for language teaching presented by the European Commission two years ago. This is a requirement for all citizens who want to live and work in Europe.

However, only a few EU member states come close to this aim – many school children don’t even speak a single foreign language. Why is this?

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